The origin of New Year's Day

The origin of New Year's Day:

On September 27, 1949, the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while deciding to establish the People's Republic of China, also decided to adopt The world's universal calendar system is what we call the Gregorian calendar. New Year's Day refers to the first day of the year.

In order to distinguish the two new years of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, and because the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar happens to be before and after the lunar new year, January 1st of the lunar calendar was renamed the "Spring Festival". January 1st is designated as the beginning of the new year - "New Year's Day", and is listed as a legal holiday and becomes a festival for people across the country.

Chinese New Year’s Day customs

Since New Year’s Day was born during the Republic of China and evolved from the Spring Festival, when China first started celebrating New Year’s Day, its celebration customs Of course, most of the habits are similar to the Spring Festival, or a smaller version of the Spring Festival. After all, New Year's Day is not a traditional festival in our country. Although some traditional celebration methods are used: setting off firecrackers, killing three people, worshiping ghosts and gods, paying homage to ancestors, etc., people do not see how important it is in people's minds. status. In modern times, New Year’s Day celebration customs are even simpler.

One way to celebrate New Year's Day: take a holiday

As everyone in China and even the world knows, many countries have designated New Year's Day as a legal holiday and have a holiday on New Year's Day. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, New Year's Day was also designated as a statutory holiday.

The second way to celebrate New Year’s Day: Party

Nowadays, more common activities are organized by groups, such as New Year’s Day parties, hanging slogans celebrating New Year’s Day, or holding group activities, etc. In the past, there were organizations that played gongs and drums and performed folk dances in groups. Now you can still see it on TV documentaries. With the development of science and technology today, it has evolved into a gala or something. In recent years, there have been more tours, parties and other programs. Anyway, there are not many traditions on New Year's Day. It is a holiday on this day and people can use it as much as they want. Even New Year's Day only means a day off for the younger generation.

The third way to celebrate New Year's Day: Have a big meal

The traditional Chinese way of celebrating is among the people, especially in rural areas. Every New Year's Day, every household will set off firecrackers, kill chickens and geese, and worship the gods of various places before the family reunites for a meal.